2008 New Year Honours (New Zealand)

Order of New Zealand (ONZ)

• The Right Honourable Donald Charles McKinnon – of London, United Kingdom.

  New Zealand Order of Merit

Principal Companion (PCNZM)

• Dame Malvina Lorraine Major – of Christchurch. For services to opera.

  Distinguished Companion (DCNZM)

• The Honourable Edward Taihakurei Junior Durie – of Lower Hutt. For services to the Maori Land Court, Waitangi Tribunal and High Court of New Zealand.
• Professor Peter David Gluckman – of Auckland. For services to medicine.
• The Honourable Margaret Kerslake Shields – of Pukerua Bay. For services to local-body affairs and women.
• Peter Graham Siddell – of Auckland. For services to art.
• Kenneth Allen Stevens – of Auckland. For services to exporting.

  Companion (CNZM)

• The Honourable Margaret Elizabeth Austin – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• Sydney Joseph Bradley – of Christchurch. For services to business and the public health sector.
• Judith Murray Carter – of Palmerston North. For services to education.
• Professor Gary Richard Hawke – of Wellington. For services to education and economics.
• Robin Langford Kay – of Wellington. For services to art and military history.
• Guilford Montgomerie-Davidson – of Wellington. For services to business and the community.
• Garry Anthony Moore – of Christchurch. For services to local-body affairs.
• Professor Sylvia Vine Sheat Rumball – of Palmerston North. For services to science.
• George Edwin Tanner – of Lower Hutt. For services to the law, lately as chief parliamentary counsel.
• Professor Marilyn Joy Waring – of North Shore. For services to women and economics.
• George Sydney Wood – of North Shore. For services to local-body affairs.

  Officer (ONZM)

• Associate Professor Harry Roger Allan Allen – of Manukau. For services to archaeology.
• Professor Chellaraj Satyadas Benjamin – of North Shore. For services to medicine and the community.
• Dr Graeme Herbert Campbell – of Waitakere. For services to conservation.
• Edwin Roy Davidson – of Auckland. For services to special education.
• John Nelson Duder – of North Shore. For services to engineering and the community.
• Professor Richard Laurence Earle – of Palmerston North. For services to engineering.
• Associate Professor Tagaloatele Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop – of Wellington. For services to research on families.
• Michael Leopold Frohlich – of Tauranga. For services to the community.
• Judith Mildred deVisme Fyfe – of Wellington. For services to oral history and journalism.
• Dr Richard Pelham Garland – of Palmerston North. For services to chemistry and pharmaceuticals.
• Anthony Peter Gavin – of Wellington. For services to the Ministry of Social Development.
• Owen George Glenn – of Monaco. For services to business and the community.
• Christine Mary Hainstock – of Christchurch. For services to the arts and the community.
• Alan Graeme Hall – of Wellington. For services to people with disabilities and the community.
• Colin Manson Harvey – of North Shore. For services to business and animal health.
• Caroline Margaret Kellaway – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• Dr John Ross Keys – of Taupo. For services to conservation.
• Air Vice-Marshal Graham Brian Lintott – Chief of Air Force, Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Dr Murray Joseph Angland McDonald – of Rotorua. For services to medicine.
• David Alexander McPhail – of Christchurch. For services to television and the theatre.
• Gordon Desmond Moller – of Auckland. For services to architecture.
• Gordon Bryant Ogilvie – of Christchurch. For services to historical research.
• Shimrath Cherian Paul – of Dunedin. For services to museum administration.
• Victor Frederick Percival – of Auckland. For services to New Zealand–China trade.
• Harry Lawrence McIntyre Smith – of Auckland. For services to medicine.

  Member (MNZM)

• Robert Kenneth Abbott – of Auckland; inspector, New Zealand Police. For services to the New Zealand Police.
• Rae Beverley Adlam – of Tauranga. For services to business.
• Hilary Margaret Allison – of Dunedin. For services to the community.
• Gillian Rosemary Ansell – of Wellington. For services to music.
• Mere Isabel Austin – of Auckland. For services to Māori.
• Ann Barbara Chapman – of Otaki. For services to local-body affairs and the community.
• Dr Sun Sung Chau – of North Shore. For services to medicine and the community.
• Ingrid Nea Collins – of Gisborne. For services to Māori.
• Louise Marjorie Croot – of Dunedin. For services to health and the community.
• William Franklin Culbert – of London, United Kingdom. For services to art, in particular sculpture.
• Sherrill Mary Dackers – of Opononi. For services to women.
• Stuart Forbes Devenie – of Auckland. For services to entertainment.
• John Lockett Devlin – of Corrimal, New South Wales, Australia. or services to entertainment.
• Jane Lu-cretia du Feu – of Nelson. For services to Māori.
• Jannet Kathleen Dunstall – of Christchurch. For services to penal reform.
• Kevin Barry Fallon – of Auckland. For services to soccer.
• Michael Garry Farnworth – of Tauranga. For services to the New Zealand Customs Service.
• Alison Rachel Fitch – of Hamilton. For services to swimming.
• Air Commodore Terence Michael Gardiner – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• James Alexander Gibbs – of Matamata. For services to the racing industry.
• Barbara Ann Greer – of Hokitika. For services to health and Māori.
• Mary Ray Hammond – of Porirua. For services to Māori health.
• Owen Jerry Hapuku – of Havelock North. For services to Māori.
• Clifford Ernest Hughes – of Tauranga. For services to woodchopping.
• Brian Robert Jeffares – of Stratford. For services to local-body affairs and the community.
• Robert Hugh Merrell Johnston – of Oxford. For services to farming, local-body affairs and the community.
• Arthur Jacob Klap – of Wellington. For services to sport and recreation.
• Ross James Lawson – of Blenheim. For services to the wine industry and the community.
• Sally Gillian Mackay – of Blenheim. For services to education and the community.
• Robert George Martin – of Whanganui. For services to people with disabilities.
• Mabel Victoria McClelland – of Christchurch. For services to wildlife.
• Roger Munro McNaughton – of Invercargill. For services to conservation.
• David John Murphy – of Alexandra. For services to conservation.
• Guinevere Eti Eves Newport – of Christchurch. For services to the Pacific Islands community.
• Reremoana Tuakana Mate Ngata – of Tikitiki. For services to Māori and the community.
• Wahineiti Ruth Te Kawa Tapu A Rangi Norman – of North Shore. For services to the community.
• James Leonard Peters – of Kaikohe. For services to local-body affairs, education and the community.
• Mohammed Sahil – of Waitakere. For services to business and the community.
• Glenda May Saunders – of Hamilton. For services to the community.
• Trevor Donald Scott – of Dunedin. For services to business and the community.
• Yvonne Lesley Sharp – of Kerikeri. For services to local-body affairs and the community.
• Stephen John Stehlin – of Auckland. For services to Pacific Island television broadcasting and the arts.
• Annah Rae Stretton – of Morrinsville. For services to business, fashion and the community.
• The Reverend 'Epeli Taungapeau – of Manukau. For services to the Tongan community.
• John Douglas Tenquist – of Featherston. For services to senior citizens and the community.
• Dr Heather Thomson – of Invercargill. For services to medicine and the community.
• Mahinārangi Tocker – of Waitakere. For services to music.
• John Kieran Turton – of Ashburton. For services to business.
• Dr Rosamund Vallings – of Papakura. For services to people with chronic fatigue syndrome.
• Edward Kereminita Waaka – of Napier. For services to Māori, education and the community.
• Marianne Robyn Whittington – of Auckland. For services to nursing.
• Glenys Rae Wood – of Hamilton. For services to women and health.
• Raymond Frederick Woolf – of Kaitaia. For services to entertainment.
• William Walsh Wrightson – of Porirua. For services to people with disabilities.

• Graeme Russell Cairns – of Christchurch, superintendent, New Zealand Police. For services to the New Zealand Police.
• Able Combat Systems Specialist Rene Hamuera Rangi – Royal New Zealand Navy.

• Professor Yasushi Muraki – of Kobe, Japan. For services to astrophysics.

  Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO)

• Professor Richard Dodgshun Bedford – of Hamilton. For services to geography.
• Joan Margaret Bielby – of Manukau. For services to women.
• Mary Kathleen Bourke – of Hawera. For services to local-body affairs.
• Lynn Ross Bublitz – of New Plymouth. For services to local-body affairs, arts, education and the community.
• Kaye Janice Crowther – of Invercargill. For services to children and the community.
• Christopher Murray Earl – of Hamilton. For services to family law and the community.
• The Right Honourable The Lord Janvrin – of Stroud, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. For services to New Zealand as private secretary to the Queen.
• Neville Hugo Sale Judd – of Richmond. For public services.
• Associate Professor Pare Areta Keiha – of Auckland. For services to business, education and Māori.
• Joseph Mason – of Whakatane. For services to Māori.
• Paul Kenneth Matheson – of Nelson. For services to local-body affairs and the community.
• Michael Thomas McEvedy – of Leeston. For services to local-body affairs and the community.
• Dr Edna Eileen Tait – of Whangarei. For services to education.
• The Reverend Dr Takutai Moana Wikiriwhi – of Auckland. For services to Māori.
• Pauline Alice Winter – of Auckland. For services to business and the Pacific Islands community.

• Hisao Inaba – of Nikko, Japan. For services to New Zealand–Japan relations.

  Queen's Service Medal (QSM)

• Rex James Aanensen – of Levin. For services to the community.
• Melven George Aitken – of Temuka. For services to the community.
• Barrie Joseph Angland – of Palmerston North. For services to the community.
• Yvonne Gaye Anstis – of Thames. For services to adult literacy.
• Margaret Mary Barker – of Dunedin. For services to the conservation of historic places.
• Sally Carolyn Barrett – of Wellington. For services to education.
• Frances Catherine Bicknell – of Waihi. For services to the community.
• Constable Hamish Craig Blanch – of Nelson, senior constable, New Zealand Police. For services to the New Zealand Police.
• The Reverend Raymond Alexander Bloomfield – of Rotorua. For services to the community.
• Joanna Margaret Corner Bowden – of Goroka, Papua New Guinea. For services to special education.
• Warwick William Bowden – of Goroka, Papua New Guinea. For services to special education.
• Raymond Maxwell Brown – of Havelock North, chief fire officer, Hastings Fire District, New Zealand Fire Service. For services to the New Zealand Fire Service.
• Margaret Mary Brownsey – of Tokoroa. For services to the arts, local-body affairs and the community.
• William Llewellin Burt – of Masterton. For services to returned services personnel and the community.
• Dr Jill Juanita Calveley – of Auckland. For services to people with disabilities.
• Jennifer Ann Campbell – of Mossburn. For services to the community.
• William John Carthew – of Pahiatua. For services to sheep breeding and the community.
• Captain John Donald Cleaver – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• Ronald James Cooper – of Cambridge. For services to local-body affairs and the community.
• William Cranson – of Waikanae, lately officer in charge, Paraparaumu Fire Service, New Zealand Fire Service. For services to the New Zealand Fire Service.
• Brian Curle – of Huntly. For services to youth, sport and the community.
• Sharon Margaret Devonshire – of Palmerston North. For services to people with disabilities.
• Patrick John Duggan – of Christchurch. For services to returned services personnel.
• The Reverend Kahu Hurihia Durie – of Palmerston North. For services to Māori and the community.
• John Heywood Ross Eagles – of New Plymouth. For services to the community.
• Catherina Elizabeth Friend – of Manukau. For services to rugby league administration.
• Kenneth Edward Gray – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• Dr Keith Richard William Hammett – of Waitakere. For services to horticulture.
• Nancy Josephine Hawks – of Papakura. For services to the community.
• Pauline Mary Hill – of Napier. For services to music and the community.
• Kahu Waiora Hohaia – of Te Kuiti. For services to conservation.
• Sheila Jean House – of Whangarei. For services to the community.
• Mereana Mokikiwa Hutchen – of Christchurch. For services to Māori, women, and the community.
• Gregory Douglas Inch – of Dunedin. For services to children with disabilities.
• Beant Singh Jador – of Papakura. For services to the Indian community.
• Valerie Joy Jensen – of Foxton. For services to the community.
• Dennis Henry Kenny – of Rotorua. For services to athletics.
• Pamela Joyce Kenny – of Rotorua. For services to athletics.
• Mohammed Faruk Usman Ali Khan – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Sheila Lal – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Margaret Ann Lawlor-Bartlett – of North Shore. For services to art.
• Percy Chew Lee – of Christchurch. For services to the Chinese community and the community.
• Gavin John Lewis Leonard – of North Shore, senior constable, New Zealand Police. For services to the New Zealand Police.
• Ronald Leonard – of Waiheke Island, chief fire officer, Waiheke Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service. For services to the New Zealand Fire Service.
• Putiputi Reremoana Mackey – of Wellington. For services to Māori performing arts and Māori.
• Hemi Wiremu Maxwell – of Opotiki. For services to Māori.
• Lorraine Alice McDonald – of Masterton. For services to the community.
• Alexander George McNaughton – of Hamilton. For services to the community.
• David McNeil – of Matamata. For services to the environment and the community.
• Murray Moore – of Balclutha. For services to education and the community.
• Dr Antonio Noblejas – of Manukau. For services to the Filipino community.
• Nigel Brent Ogle – of Hawera. For services to historical research and museums.
• Ainul Nisha Pala – of Waitakere. For services to ethnic communities.
• Jessica Phuang – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• John Purcell – of Napier. For services to the community.
• Michael John Raynes – of Lower Hutt, senior constable, New Zealand Police. For services to the community.
• Jack Basil Register – of Palmerston North. For services to art and music.
• Dr Christopher John Rutherford Robertson – of Wellington. For services to ornithology.
• Maureen Olwyn Rule – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• Brian Patrick Schimanski – of Timaru, chief fire officer, Pleasant Point Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service. For services to the New Zealand Fire Service.
• Kerry Owen Scott – of Turangi. For services to soccer.
• Barry Norman Poata Smith – of Rotorua. For services to the community.
• Rosalie Jean Smith – of Katikati. For services to agricultural journalism and the community.
• Lenore Marion Sumpter – of North Shore. For services to women and the arts.
• Viola Taule'Ale'Ausumai – of Waitakere. For services to health and the Pacific Islands community.
• Ioana Semu Teao – of Porirua. For services to the Tokelauan community.
• Joseph Thomas Topia – of Kohukohu. For services to Māori and the community.
• George Walter Hugh Vercoe – of Morrinsville. For services to local body affairs.
• Zilina Teura Atua Tangata Vero – of Manukau. For services to the Cook Islands community.
• Ling Juan Wang – of Manukau. For services to Chinese migrants.
• Glenda Fay Wendelborn – of North Shore. For services to children.
• Ngawhakaheke Tuti Wetere – of Waitara. For services to the community.
• Michael James Whitehead – of Cambridge, detective senior sergeant, New Zealand Police. For services to the New Zealand Police.
• John Kenneth William Wilson – of Motueka. For services to tourism.
• Lorna Christine Wong Hop – of North Shore. For services to the Chinese community.
• Miss Edna May Yates – of Christchurch. For services to netball.
• Miss Helen Adair Yates – of Christchurch. For services to netball.

  New Zealand Antarctic Medal (NZAM)

• Dr Timothy George Haskell – of Lower Hutt. For services to Antarctic science.

  New Zealand Distinguished Service Decoration (DSD)

• Air-Vice Marshal David Anthony Bamfield – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Staff Sergeant Brenton Lee Beach – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Warrant Officer Marine Technician David Murray Chisnall – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Commander Richard Lance Cook – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Wing Commander John William Lovatt – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Warrant Officer Class One Mark John Richard Mortiboy – Royal New Zealand Army Logistic Regiment.
• Corporal Sean Anthony Ngatai – Royal New Zealand Army Logistic Regiment.
• Lieutenant Timothy Andrew O'Donnell – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Major Terence Albert Joseph O'Neill – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Warrant Officer Class One Kevin Andrew Yorwarth – Royal New Zealand Army Logistic Regiment.